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The television business has a lot to be thankful for, if the number of Thanksgiving episodes it has churned out over the years is any indication. One of the most memorable for many people revolves around turkeys and their inability to fly. WKRP in Cincinnati's 1978 episode “Turkeys Away,” is about a…

Friday night marked the finale of Bill Maher’s 20th season of Real Time on HBO, and the host wrapped up by bringing on a special Friend. Matthew Perry, best known as Chandler Bing from the hit sitcom Friends, is out on the talk show circuit to flog his book, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thin…

Matthew Perry had the last line of dialogue in the series finale of Friends and that was at his request. In the last episode of the sitcom, which ran on NBC from 1994 to 2004 and centered on a group of friends living in New York City, Perry’s Chandler Bing cracked a joke that closed out the show…

Matthew Perry has revealed how he created the unique speech patterns that made his character Chandler Bing so distinctive from the moment he appeared in Friends.  Perry has written a memoir about his rollercoaster ride with global sitcom success, addiction and rehab – extracts of which have already…

Matthew Perry remembers one Friends costar who tried to help him with his drinking problem – Jennifer Aniston. Speaking to ABC News journalist Diane Sawyer in a trailer advancing his Oct. 28 sit-down, Perry recalls the time Aniston — whom he calls “Jenny”— confronted him on his problem. She said…

Matthew Perry is opening up about the health crisis that almost claimed his life several years ago, writing in his upcoming memoir that a burst colon from longterm opioid addiction prompted doctors to inform his family that the actor had a 2% chance of survival. In a new interview with People…

Richard Roat, a character actor with 130-plus credits spanning nearly a half-century who appeared in many of TV’s biggest shows including Seinfeld, Friends, Cheers, Murphy Brown, Dallas, Hawaii Five-O and Happy Days, has died. He was 89. Roat died August 5 in Orange County, CA, according to his family. No other…

Earlier this month Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman made a generous donation to Brandeis University, her alma mater. She pledged $4 million to establish an endowed professorship in the African and African American Studies Department there. In making the pledge Kauffman said, “It took me a long time to begin to…

Marta Kauffman is giving back to alma mater: The Grace and Frankie co-creator has pledged $4 million to establish an endowed professorship in the African and African American Studies Department at Brandeis University. The Marta F. Kauffman '78 Professorship in African and African American Studies will support a…

Mike Hagerty, best known for his roles on Somebody Somewhere, as the building super Mr. Treeger on Friends and as the surly owner of a used-clothing store on Seinfeld, has died. His death April 29 was confirmed by Bridget Everett, who plays his daughter on the HBO comedy. No cause was given. He was 67. “With great…

Chinese fans of the hit comedy series Friends are calling out the censorship of multiple episodes, specifically ones featuring LGBTQ content. Reuters reports multiple streamers including Tencent, Youku, and Bilibili, among others, began streaming episodes from Season 1 on Friday when fans noticed moments from the…

Matthew Perry has unveiled the title and front cover of his forthcoming memoir, addressing his fans with his customary wry humour. The former Friends star took to social media to post a picture of the book, to be called Friends, Lovers And The Big Terrible Thing. The memoir will be released globally in November. "So…